Cigar-box-lid holder



W. M. ANDERSON.

CIGAR BOX LID HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1|, 1920.

1,395,215. Patented Oct. 25, 1921 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFIQE.

WILLIAM M. ANDERSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO IDEAL 7 PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A COPARTNER CIGAR-BOX-L-ID HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. ANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing atMinneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Box-Lid Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple and; highly eificient cigar box lid holder and to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective top view of a cigar box having its lid held open by means of the improved holder;

Fig. 2 is a perspective top view of the improved holder removed from the box;

Fig. 3 is a perspective bottom view of the holder, as shown in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 1 is a top view of the blank from which the holder is formed.

The improved cigar box lid holder is stamped and pressed from a single sheet of metal and includes a flat spring bar 5 having at its upper end a lid engaging fork 6 which extends from the inner edge of the bar 5 and in the plane of said bar. The opposing edges of the prongs of the fork 6 are offset to afford a pair of depending lid gripping flanges 7. A depending stiifening flange 8 is formed at the upper end of the bar 5 by offsetting the upper edge of the upper prong of the fork 6 and a portion of the outer edge of said bar.

On the lower end of the bar 5 is a box engaging fork 9 adapted to snugly fit over the upper edge portion of one of the ends of a box Y, and, depending from the lower end of the bar 5, between the prongs of the fork 9, is an anchor barb 10. This barb 10 is adapted to press into the upper edge of the respective end of the box Y to prevent the lower end of the bar 5 from sliding endwise thereon. A spring arm 11 extends do n a y and f r a d y om t e u er Specification of Letters Patent. i

Application filed November 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,258.

edge of the bar 5 and has on its lower edge, an inturned anchor barb 12 adapted to be pressed into the outer face of the box Y in the vicinity of the fork 9 to hold the same and the barb 10 in engagement with said box. Pressed from the transverse center of thearm 11, is a longitudinally extended stiffening rib 13. I

In applying the improved holder to a box, the fork 61s first interlocked with the lid of the box Y, as shown in Fig. 1. The front end portion of the bar 5 is then sprung downward to cause the fork 9 to engagethe box Y and press the barb 10. into said box. The free end of the spring arm 11 is then pressed inward to force its anchor barb. 12 into the box Y. i

As previously stated, the anchor barb 12 holds the fork 9 and anchor barb 10, in engagement with the box Y and the downwardly sprung end portion of the bar 5 causes the gripping flanges 7 on the prongs of the forks 6, to bite against opposite sides of the lid of the box Y under a crampin action, and thereby securely holds the fork 6 where placed on said lid. The relatively wide gripping flanges Tprevent the prongs of the fork 6 from bending, and hold the same at substantially right angles to the lid of the box Y and thereby cause the bar 5 to assume a bowed form, as shown in Fig. 1.

If desired, a price card Z may be placed against the inner face of the lid of the box Y where it will be engaged by the lower prong of the fork 6 when the bar 5 is bowed by securing the fork 9 to said box, as shown in Fig. 1.

The improved cigar box lid holder will securely hold the box Y when the same is lifted to and from a show case by its lid. By shifting the position of the fork 6 on the lid, or the fork 9 on the box, or both, thrilinclination of the lid may be varied, at W1 The above described cigar box lid holder while extremely simple and of small cost to manufacture, has in actual usage proven highly efiicient for the purpose had in view.

What I claim is:

1. A cigar box lid holder comprising a spring bar having at one end a lid engaging fork and at its other end a box engag lng fork, and a spring finger independent of the box-engaging fork and having a box engaging anchor barb. 4

i 2. A cigar box lid holder comprising a spring bar having at one end a lid engag ing fork and at its other end a box engaging fork and an anchor barb, and a spring finger independent of the box-engaging fork and having a box engaging anchor barb.

3. A cigar box lid holder comprising a spring bar having at one end a lid engaging fork and at its other end a box engaging fork, and a spring finger having a box engaging anchor barb said spring finger having pressed therefrom a stifi'ening rib.

4. A cigar box lidholder comprising a spring bar having at one end a lid engaging fork and at its other end a box engaging fork, the inner edges of the prongs of sand lid engaging fork being offset to afiord gripping flanges. v a,

5. A cigar box lid holder comprising a spring bar having at one end a lid engaging fork projecting from the inner edge thereof and at its other end a depending box engaging fork, the upper edge of the upper prong of the lid engaging fork and a portion of the outer edge of the spring bar being offset to afford a stiffening flange.

6. cigar box lid holder comprising a spring bar havlngat one end a lid engaging fork projecting from the inner edge thereof and at its other end a depending box engaging fork, a depending box engaging anchor barb on the bar between the prongs of said box engaging fork, and a forwardly and downwardly extended spring arm on the outer edge of the bar and having an inwardly projecting box engaging anchor barb.

7. A cigar box lid holder comprising a spring bar having at one end a lid engaging fork projecting from the inner edge thereof and at its other end a depending box engaging fork, a depending box engaging anchor barb on the bar between the prongs of said box engaging fork, the opposing edges of the prongs of the lid engaging fork being offset to aiford gripping flanges, and a forwardly and downwardly extended spring arm on the outer edge of the bar and having an inwardly projecting boxengaging anchor barb.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM M. ANDERSON, 

